Banking: Young Bill's Battle

Coming from the staid First National Bank of
Denver, the biggest bank in the six-state Rocky Mountain region
(assets: $530 million), last month's outburst was an eyebrow raiser.
Calling the first press conference in the bank's 108-year history,
President Eugene H. Adams declared that "We are very mad about this
situation." Next day First National further vented its anger by placing
full-page newspaper ads to denounce what it described as a "blatant,
selfish attempt of a part-time Coloradan turned New York Wall Street
raider to take over."